TRS not to have alliance with any party

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that he will not forge alliances with any other party in future elections as he cannot trust any of them.

Recalling his “bitter memories” of alliance with the Congress and the Telugu Desam in the past, Mr. Rao expressed confidence that the party would grow as a major force independent of others in the coming days. He was addressing a meeting to mark the ninth anniversary celebration of the TRS here on Wednesday. About 3,000 delegates attended the meeting held at a function hall in Secunderabad.

25 resolutions passed

A significant feature of the meeting was the passage of twenty five resolutions on different problems facing Telangana. Mr. Rao himself moved a resolution demanding that the construction of tail pond for Dummugudem project be withdrawn as it was aimed to divert Godavari water to Krishna basin. Several leaders spoke on the resolutions that would be submitted to the government.

The TRS chief dismissed reports that the party would merge with Congress and blamed the press for indulging in speculation. He said he had only stated in reply to a question by presspersons recently that the issue of merger with any other party was a big decision requiring the mandate of the TRS general body. Neither he nor even the polit bureau was competent to take a decision on this issue. Mr. Rao said the “power hungry” TDP was scared of the TRS and resorted to “match fixing” with the Congress in the recent budget session of the Assembly. He criticised TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for lacking the “face” to show to the public for two-and-a-half months when the State encountered agitations for and against Telangana.

Repeating his threat of civil war if the Srikrishna Committee did not respond positively to the demand for separate Telangana, he clarified that it did not mean taking to guns. What he actually meant was it would lead to a situation of lawlessness on account of the anguish of the people of Telangana. However, he said there was no reason to anticipate negative outcome from the panel.